The Quest for a Big Halibut | Fishing with Rod

To catch a big halibut, you have to fish at specific spots in the sea where they feed during tide changes. We attempted to lure one while fishing with ‪@murphysportfishing‬ in Kyuquot Sound on Vancouver Island, BC Canada.
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00:00 - Chum preparation
00:40 - Sunfish
00:53 - Introduction
03:16 - Fishing
05:55 - Fish on
12:56 - Fish on
08:17 - Fish on
12:17 - Fish measurement
#halibut #fishing #seafishing

[@FishingwithRod]

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[@longway4442]

Have to ask you Rod , what happened with kitty? Is there a video explaining? Her absence leaves a void in my every day. She has gift, something special. Your new co host is great too. Thanks for the videos.

[@fishduckdog]

I’m very excited to have a little break to watch this video! Thank for sharing!

[@rafabonati7757]

Nice sunfish at the start!

[@FishingwithRod]

It never gets old to see those!

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

That was a perfect size! Great job of playing it out. I hope you have more videos to release! That couldn't have been the only one hooked up. Thanks for sharing a beautiful catch.

[@FishingwithRod]

We only needed that one big one for the day actually (already had smaller ones on the previous day) so we just stopped afterward and went fishing for salmon instead. 😁

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

@@FishingwithRod And knowing You, they are all on video 😁👍

[@FishingwithRod]

😅 Mine was caught the evening before this in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6nReqpsjJh3orc

[@2-old-Forthischet]

I had never fished for halibut before so when I had the opportunity in Alaska, the boat captain rigged the rods and I just jigged it up and down off of the bottom. It was like reeling in a boulder! It got exciting when the halibut decided to go for a run! I landed three fairly large ones and my back was done.

[@FishingwithRod]

Great!

[@afishingmagician]

On my bucket list but I dispair it will ever happen. Love to do some ocean fishing in BC. I was born and raised on ocean fishing in the Atlantic and miss it so much!

[@FishingwithRod]

Victoria/Pedder Bay would be the closest best place if you want to try it. I know the halibut guide who people should go with in that area if that is the target species.

[@graysonfishy]

Super video rod love the ocean content will you be making a red spring video this up coming season

[@FishingwithRod]

Maybe Grayson!

[@andrewwood4013]

Awesome

[@FishingwithRod]

Thanks Andrew!

[@fishduckdog]

Can’t get enough of your halibut videos! Get Taylor Swift out there too! Hope you caught plenty!

[@FishingwithRod]

There will be an episode of Taylor Swift catching a big halibut early next year lol.

[@fishduckdog]

@FishingwithRod Searching for Halibut fishing 🎣 videos is how I 1st found your channel. & I've been watching and enjoying all your work! Thanks Rod!

[@Mo_Taser]

It was worth the wait from my point of view. Hi, Kitty and Rod. For some reason KZbin keeps rejecting my post and I have no idea why. Let's give it another try. Kitty, I'm M.G. Hucul over on the other place.. You and I had a conversation there recently about those elk sheds you tracked down. Nice halibut. The best I ever did was many years ago at Shelter Pass, about 20 miles northeast of Port Hardy. I landed a 101 pounder, dropped the line back in and within 15 minutes I had landed a 77 pounder. Heck of a day fishing, not hurt at all by the Chinook, ling, yelloweye and Dungeness we also landed that same day. Best day fishing ever, and one I've never been able to repeat. Like always, love yours and Rod's videos, both together and separately. Look forward to seeing more. 👍

[@Mo_Taser]

It looks like not spelling out the F***B**k name did the trick.

[@FishingwithRod]

Really? Comments with the word Facebook get denied? Let me try... (Edit, seems to work for me, so might be something else, not sure what though). Thanks for the kind words Mo!

[@Mo_Taser]

@@FishingwithRod Very strange. Out of curiosity I will will repeat my post but leave FB fully intact. And I just remembered that there were also issues with the thumbs up emoji I left. When I tried to include it I got an error message sometimes.

[@Outdoorswithmike]

Wow awesome catch can you have a halibut fish fry and the awesome video also

[@FishingwithRod]

One day I will come for a pike fry in NWT and bring halibut over. 😉

[@Outdoorswithmike]

@@FishingwithRod Cool the fishing is good every year right about now and in the fall time 👋🏽👍🏽

[@FishingwithRod]

Awesome Mike, I really want to make a NWT/Northern Alberta filming project work one year, with an emphasis on traditional fishing practices.

[@siskinelembembemchannel9265]

What a tiny blue gill

[@longway4442]

Yo Rod you think all flat fish prefer to hunt for food within the rocks if possible? If so has any guide explained how to approach the bite. Drift fishing or anchor?

[@FishingwithRod]

So typically for smaller halibut, they tend to live and feed on sandy bottom. Bigger halibut tend to feed around rock piles etc where larger food items inhabit (rockfish, octopus, etc). It might have been hard to see, but we were anchored in this video (the buoy was in the background). We anchored on top of the rocky spot, had a chum bag down, three rods down with bait. We wanted to target around the tide change, and as time went on, small fish feeding on the bait trail drew in the bigger fish, eventually getting us that big specimen.

[@dggfishingllc3657]

What shimano rods are you using in the video?

[@FishingwithRod]

I can’t remember actually, but if you go to this video, you’ll be able to see it under the halibut section. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKvn4iJlNB_jrc

[@fsupoutdoors]

I'm sorry but after she said it could be an Octopus I was low key rooting for you guys to catch one 😂

[@FishingwithRod]

😂

[@cwiller]

Not sure if it's the same with gear fishermen, but for speafishing, a MolaMola sighting is considered good luck. Never seen one in BC waters.

[@FishingwithRod]

I guess it was good luck that day. :)

[@TheTrygg01]

I used one of those bait bags last year but I had a huge halibut grab it and start peeling out line on my downrigger😵‍💫

[@FishingwithRod]

😱

[@joeyharshaw3874]

12:53 that’s what she said! 😅

[@FishingwithRod]

😑

[@joeyharshaw3874]

On the plus side you know I watched until the very end!

[@FishingwithRod]

Yesss! 😊

[@JA-gx4hb]

Maybe take a page from tropical anglers and use a rod belt of some sort. Much more efficient using your whole body to fight the fish. Infinitely better than jamming the rod butt in your gut.

[@matburn88]

Hell yeah kitty!!

[@northleftdirt1122]

I’ve caught multiple over 150 pounds in 90’ of water, off the dock

[@FishingwithRod]

Cool.

[@MrKveite1]

Hmm not even fighting you fish anymore, that's a huge disappointment:(

[@FishingwithRod]

We did that just for you actually. 😉

[@MrKveite1]

@@FishingwithRod LOL, tyvm:)